Open AccessSequential Changes in Biliary Lipids and Gallbladder Ion Transport During Gallstone Formation
Author(s) -
Dan I.N. Giurgiu,
Kimberly D. Saunders-Kirkwood,
Joel J. Roslyn,
Mohammad Z. Abedin
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199704000-00007
Subject(s) - gallbladder , ion transporter , medicine , transepithelial potential difference , cholesterol , crystal (programming language) , endocrinology , absorption (acoustics) , ion , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , composite material , programming language
This study sought to correlate gallbladder (GB) Na+ and Cl-) fluxes with biliary lipid composition during the various stages of gallstone (GS) formation.